Blog Title: Everything Everywhere

Daily Travel Photo - Sarawak, Malaysia

From the World Heritage inscription: Important both for its high biodiversity and for its karst features, Gunung Mulu National Park, on the island of Borneo in the State of Sarawak, is the most studied tropical karst area in the world. The 52,864-ha park contains seventeen vegetation zones, exhibiting some 3,500 species of vascular plants. Its palm read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Macau

From the World Heritage Inscription: Macau, a lucrative port of strategic importance in the development of international trade, was under Portuguese administration from the mid-16th century until 1999, when it came under Chinese sovereignty. With its historic street, residential, religious and public Portuguese and Chinese buildings, the historic centre of Macau provides a unique testimony read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Suwon, South Korea

From the World Heritage inscription: When the Choson emperor Chongjo moved his father’s tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th century, he surrounded it with strong defensive works, laid out according to the precepts of an influential military architect of the period, who brought together the latest developments in the field from both read more..

First Thoughts on Dubai

Other than higher than normal amounts of turbulence, my flight from Bangkok was pretty uneventful. I few on Etihad Airlines, the official airlines of the UAE. I had never heard of it before until I booked the flight. It was good flight. The flight attendants had a very unique uniform which is probably the most read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Seoul, South Korea

From the World Heritage inscription: Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910), the shrine has existed in its present form since the 16th century and houses tablets bearing the teachings of members of the former royal family. read more..

SE Asia Contest Winners

I’ve put all the entries into Random.org and pulled out the five winners of the SE Asia contest. I’ll probably end up sending the items from Dubai rather than Bangkok, but they will be sent out in a few days. The winners are: Donald Raleigh, Minnesota Jon Tanner, Illinois Sherry Young, Texas Himawan Sutanto, Indonesia Jeremy Huggins, Illinois I’m going to read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Seoul, South Korea

From the World Heritage inscription: In the early 15th century, the Emperor T’aejong ordered the construction of a new palace at an auspicious site. A Bureau of Palace Construction was set up to create the complex, consisting of a number of official and residential buildings set in a garden that was cleverly adapted to the uneven read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Gyeongju, South Korea

From the World Heritage inscription: Established in the 8th century on the slopes of Mount T’oham, the Seokguram Grotto contains a monumental statue of the Buddha looking at the sea in the bhumisparsha mudra position. With the surrounding portrayals of gods, Bodhisattvas and disciples, all realistically and delicately sculpted in high and low relief, it read more..

January 2009 Travel Wallpaper

1920×1200 (widescreen) | 1280×1024 (standard)      2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards Lonely Planet is taking nominations for its 2009 Travel Blogger Awards. Take a few seconds to nominate Everything Everywhere for best travelogue (or photography too if you'd like). The final read more..

Travel and Blogging Plans for 2009…..and my 1,000th Subscriber

Travel 2008 has been a helluva year for me. I’ve swam with whale sharks, had monkeys sit on my head, been around armed soldiers in a hot zone, was in the area of a presidential assassination attempt, drove close to 10,000km, explored caves, been to the top of mountains, slept in open deserts and walked in read more..

Daily Travel Photo - Gyeongju, South Korea

From the World Heritage inscription: The Gyeongju Historic Areas contain a remarkable concentration of outstanding examples of Korean Buddhist art, in the form of sculptures, reliefs, pagodas, and the remains of temples and palaces from the flowering, in particular between the 7th and 10th centuries, of this form of unique artistic expression. Historically, Gyeongju should be read more..